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 Hi! My name is Diana Madrigal


     I am currently a Math teacher at Morton West High School located in Berwyn, Illinois. This is currently my 3rd year teaching. Teaching last year was a challenge, specially trying to create all the lessons and activities online. It was hard to keep the class in engage when they wouldn't want to turn on their cameras on. Most of the time I felt I was talking to myself. For this reason, I got really interesting in learning how to become better by using technology at my advantage. I wished I knew how to create and use different websites to make class more engaging. So I am definitely excited to learn from this class, which I am already learning. I have never used this website before! (excited)

As a math teacher, I never really write much. Therefore, I do not know how the blogging works but I know I have couple of friends who use it and they make it look very interesting. I am hoping I can learn new thing to use in my classroom, specially in Math. 

A little background about me! 

 I am the oldest of 2. I have a younger sister. My sister and I share the same birthday month, August. Her birthday is the 18th and mine is the 24th. I just turned 27 and she turned 23. We get along pretty good! I am Latina (Mexican). I am the first of my family to graduate college and will be the first of my family to obtain a Masters, so I am very proud and excited for that! I have no idea how and why I became a math teacher. It honestly just happen and I loved it! I love sharing this about myself, specially to the students, because it kind of gives them the idea that is ok not to know what you are doing in life. Normalize the idea that not everything has a timeline and that things happen for a reason.

After high school, I was lucky enough to get a full ride scholarship to play soccer for Morton College and I was able to obtain my associates for free. After that I took 2 years off because I wasn't sure what I wanted to major in. Later on I started working in an after school program and I realize I enjoyed working with high schoolers. This is when I went to persuade my degree in Education. 

I love staying active. I no longer play soccer but I love going to the gym. I am all about Mental Health and providing the necessary help for students because I have experience depression and anxiety myself. For which is why I love staying active! 

 

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